Yakkhapipteryx Schall, Cao & Husemann, 2025, gen. nov.
GenusYakkhapipteryxgen. nov. Type species. Yakkhapipteryx mirus comb. nov. (Gu et al., 2022) Included species. Yakkhapipteryx mirus comb. nov., Y. gracilis comb. nov. (Gu et al., 2022) Etymology. Named after the Yakkha (Sanskrit: Yaksha), guardians of buried treasures (in reference to amber) from Burmese mythology. Diagnosis. As provided by Gu et al. (2022) for Magnidactylus, which the authors based on the specimens now assigned to Yakkhapipteryx.
Institutions
- State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe (DE)
- Leshan Normal University (CN)
- Institute for Biodiversity (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2025-07-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16418295
- Primary Topic
- Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00